September 18, 2026
PSC Staff, OPC Say PJM Has Confirmed That Actual Program Design Not Needed By PJM Until Sept. 2027
Baltimore Gas and Electric Company (“BGE”), Delmarva Power & Light Company (“Delmarva Power”), and Potomac Electric Power Company (“Pepco”) (collectively, the “Joint Maryland Exelon Utilities” or “JMEU”) told the Maryland PSC that the JMEU do not consider it viable to develop a PJM-compliant peak-shaving program that would allow the utilities to opt-out of PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP) auction prior to an October 2026 deadline
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September 11, 2026
The Maryland PSC has opened consideration of using the opt-out process under PJM's reliability backstop procurement (RBP), and issued a series of questions for comment (PC 82)
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September 2, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC have recommended that the PSC adopt a proposed expedited schedule filed by the Office of People's Counsel to allow consideration of alternatives to ensure that PJM backstop reliability procurement (RBP) costs are not borne by customers who are not large loads
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August 12, 2026
The Maine Office of the Public Advocate (OPA) asked the Maine PUC for an extension of a stay in a proceeding reviewing whether to adopt, on an opt-in or opt-out basis, time of use rates for electricity standard offer service
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August 11, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC, and the Maryland utilities, have each filed comments responding to various PSC questions concerning the allocation of costs under PJM's Reliability Backstop Procurement (RBP), with the comments generally indicating an intent that responsible large loads (or other large…
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August 11, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC have opposed a rehearing request from the Maryland Office of People's Counsel through which OPC seeks to make each retail supplier's monthly residential volume data public
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August 7, 2026
The Maine PUC has extended the comment deadline as requested to September 18, 2026
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July 6, 2026
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has sought rehearing of a recent Maryland PSC order which requires the public disclosure of various retail energy supplier data, including customer counts, as OPC said that supplier volumes should not be afforded confidential protection, or, alternatively…
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June 29, 2026
CenterPoint Energy Houston Electric, LLC has entered into a settlement with Texas PUC Staff and several cities with original jurisdiction to lower the amount charged to retail electric providers under Rider TEEEF - Temporary Emergency Electric Energy Facility
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June 8, 2026
The Maryland Office of People's Counsel has requested that the PSC include, in a rule concerning post-POR billing for residential customers, a prior PSC finding which OPC argues provides that, under any payment hierarchy, all regulated utility charges which "may" result in termination shall be paid…
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May 26, 2026
The presiding officers of a Maine PUC proceeding reviewing whether to adopt, on an opt-in or opt-out basis, time of use rates for electricity standard offer service have declined to stay the proceeding
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May 11, 2026
Staff of the Maryland PSC have proposed rule changes to, among other things, formally implement the prohibition on the purchase of retail energy supplier receivables by utilities for residential customers; to impose a limit of retail supplier late fees under dual billing; and to add rule language…
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April 24, 2026
In comments to the Maryland PSC, the Joint Maryland Exelon Utilities (JMEU) said that no changes to the state's existing SOS model should be made as a result of any generation (capacity) procurement policies adopted by the PSC as a result of the PSC's resource adequacy investigation and…
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January 30, 2026
In comments in a Maryland PSC proceeding concerning the obligation of electricity suppliers to procure energy storage resources (credits), the Maryland Office of People's Counsel said that the PSC should, "consider reasonable credit-support provisions for [electricity] suppliers as needed to protect…
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January 15, 2026
The District of Columbia PSC has opened an investigation into energy affordability, and, among other things, invited proposals for greater consumer protections
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January 13, 2026
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has revived a complaint filed by the Maryland Office of People's Counsel, and aligned parties, against PJM concerning the cleared prices in the 2024/2025 PJM Base Residual Auction for capacity
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January 9, 2026
The Connecticut PURA has issued interrogatories to various stakeholders in PURA's review of default service procurement changes due to 2025 statutory changes
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November 5, 2025
The Maryland PSC has sought comments on whether certain reports on retail energy supplier prices and billing, filed by both suppliers and utilities, shall be made public
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October 23, 2025
The Office of the People’s Counsel for the District of Columbia requested from the D.C. PSC an enlargement of time to file part two of the PJM Capacity Auction Task Force Recommendation Report, the development of which had been directed by the PSC as part of the PSC's investigation into the impact…
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October 23, 2025
Addresses Suggestions For Rulemaking On Retail Supplier & Broker Financial Requirements
The Maryland PSC issued an order setting forth the conditions under which retail energy supplier license renewals or relinquishments may be approved by PSC Staff under delegated authority, rather than adjudicated by the Commission at an administrative meeting
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October 3, 2025
In a recommended decision in a Columbia Gas of Pennsylvania rate case, two Pennsylvania ALJs have recommended that Columbia Gas be required to send letters to low-income customers who are served by a competitive retail supplier at a price which exceeds the default service rate
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September 30, 2025
Washington Gas Light Company and retail supplier WGL Energy have each filed separate comments rebutting allegations from the District of Columbia Office of People's Counsel that had alleged a "disparity" between lower prices offered by competitive retail supplier WGL Energy, and the rates offered by…
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September 16, 2025
The Office of the People's Counsel for the District of Columbia proposed, among other things, a cap on retail supplier rates, as OPC offered comments in a District of Columbia PSC proceeding on the future of the POR programs
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September 16, 2025
The Office of the People's Counsel for the District of Columbia said in comments to the District of Columbia PSC, concerning the purchases of receivables programs in D.C., that OPC recommends that the PSC initiate an investigation into what OPC alleged is a "disparity" between lower prices offered…
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September 3, 2025
The Maryland PSC has approved proposed revisions, from the Office of People's Counsel, to the mechanism meant to address risk to SOS suppliers and customers from the potential start of an opt-out municipal aggregation (CCA) at Montgomery County, Maryland
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